Trailer Round-Up: Disclosure Day, Normal, The Sheep Detectives, The Breadwinner, Ponies, Young Sherlock, The Pitt: Season 2 and More
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Well, it’s just a few more days ‘til Christmas, and a few more after that before we can finally say goodbye to 2025. We can soon close the book on a year that felt long, loud, and a little unhinged... and maybe a little too miserable if you ask us. But with the calendar about to flip, there’s still a final push from studios to hype the movies and shows they’re lining up for the months ahead.
And so, we here at The Movie Box have made it our mission to keep readers and newsletter subscribers fully locked in with all the latest trailers, teasers, and sneak peeks. Because if we’re heading into a new year, we might as well know exactly what’s worth getting excited about.
So, once again, here’s our weekly wrap-up of all the coolest trailers that dropped this past week. And with the holidays now in full swing, we want to give our readers a heads-up that things are going to slow down a bit next week so we can all take a breather before coming back ready to push things even further in the new year.
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Stay warm, stay safe, and we’ll see you on the other side of the holidays.
🎥 NEW MOVIE TRAILERS:
The truth is out there... but what happens when it finally arrives?
🎥 Disclosure Day — Trailer
(in theaters Jun 12th)
Steven Spielberg’s last few films have felt more inward, from finally realizing a lifelong dream with the West Side Story remake to delivering one of his most personal works to date in The Fabelmans. Now, the Oscar-winning filmmaker turns back to a genre that helped shape his career.
With Disclosure Day, Spielberg returns to sci-fi with a grounded, uneasy mystery that trades flashy flying saucers for something far more intriguing: the possibility that we might not be alone. When a local Kansas City weather woman (played by Emily Blunt) is confronted with undeniable evidence of non-human intelligence, she’s forced to decide whether the world deserves the truth—or whether some revelations are better left buried.
Backed by a strong ensemble that includes Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Wyatt Russell, Spielberg sets out to remind us why he remains a master of wonder, digging into belief, misinformation, and the cost of transparency in an era already drowning in doubt. This isn’t just about whether we’re alone. It’s about what happens when the unknown stops being theoretical... and what we choose to do next.
Disclosure Day opens in theaters June 12th.
In a town called Normal, nothing stays that way for long.
🎥 Normal — Teaser Trailer
(in theater Apr 17th)
Comedian-turned–Emmy-nominated dramatic actor–turned unlikely action star Bob Odenkirk continues his surprising and welcome action-hero evolution in Normal, a gritty, snow-covered neo‑Western crime thriller where a quiet fresh start turns violently sideways. Playing Sheriff Ulysses, a worn-down lawman hoping to outrun past mistakes, Odenkirk finds himself pulled into the fallout of a botched bank robbery—one that exposes a web of buried secrets lurking beneath the town’s sleepy surface.
Directed by cult British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, the film feels like Fargo filtered through a harsher, bloodier lens, blending moral ambiguity with deadpan dark humor. And when the bullets start whizzing by and Sheriff Ulysses has no choice but to throw down, it becomes clear that Normal isn’t the name of this town—it’s a damn lie.
Normal hits theaters April 17th.
Sometimes the smartest detectives aren’t human.
🎥 The Sheep Detectives — Trailer
(in theaters May 8th)
Based on Leonie Swann’s best-selling novel, The Sheep Detectives puts a playful spin on the classic whodunit, following a clever flock of sheep who decide to solve a murder when their beloved shepherd turns up dead. While the local police call it an accident, these woolly sleuths know better. Raised on countless afternoon readings of detective stories, the sheep have instincts as sharp as their hooves, quietly investigating the crime right under the unsuspecting noses of humans.
Starring Hugh Jackman as the kindhearted shepherd whose death sets the mystery in motion, and featuring an all-star voice cast including Chris O’Dowd, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, and more, this heartfelt romp blends cozy mystery vibes with family-friendly comedy and gentle absurdity. It’s a charming, self-aware caper about loyalty, justice, and trusting your gut… even if you chew grass for a living.
Directed by Minions animator-director Kyle Balda and adapted by Craig Mazin, The Sheep Detectives opens in theaters May 8th.
Fatherhood doesn’t come with instructions... and even if it did, it still wouldn’t help.
🎥 The Breadwinner — Trailer
(in theaters Mar 13th)
Sometimes growing up means realizing you have no idea what you’re doing—and for Nate Bargatze, that realization hits all at once.
The Breadwinner gives the stay-at-home dad comedy a modern spin, with the popular stand-up comic making his feature debut as a well-meaning husband suddenly left in charge of three kids, a household, and his own unraveling confidence. When his wife (played by Mandy Moore) lands a career-changing opportunity after appearing on Shark Tank, Nate’s carefully balanced life collapses into a string of chaotic misadventures fueled by inexperience, exhaustion, and parental panic.
Directed by Weird: The Al Yankovic Story helmer Eric Appel, the film leans into Bargatze’s signature everyman humor, finding laughs in the quiet terror of responsibility and the absurdity of adult survival. Because some dads are born ready for the job… and some are very much learning on the fly.
The Breadwinner opens in theaters March 13th.
🎥 additional movie trailers:
🎥 “Digger” Sneak Peek Teaser: Tom Cruise Prances Around With a Shovel in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Mysterious Comedy — Coming This October
Tom Cruise pivots away from blockbuster action spectacle toward potential Oscar territory, teaming with Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu on this mysterious, darkly comic film that has fans wondering if this could finally be the role that brings him a Best Actor Academy Award.
🎥 “Hokum” Teaser: Adam Scott Is Haunted by an Ancient Witch in a New Supernatural Horror From Oddity Director Damian McCarthy — In Theaters May 1st
Another eerie, slow-burn head-scratcher from Damian McCarthy, this unsettling new supernatural thriller finds Severance star Adam Scott taking a dark left turn as a troubled horror novelist pulled into whispered legends and ancient witchcraft at a remote Irish inn. This might be shaping up to be one of 2026’s most ominous genre offerings after McCarthy’s breakout Oddity.
🎥 “Dreams” Trailer: Jessica Chastain Weaponizes Power Dynamics in Michel Franco’s Provocative Drama About Desire, Control, and Immigration with Isaac Hernández — Opening in Theaters February 27th
Jessica Chastain delivers a chilling, morally loaded turn as a wealthy benefactor whose secret affair with an undocumented Mexican ballet dancer becomes a disturbing power play, as acclaimed Mexican director Michel Franco delivers a provocative erotic drama about desire, privilege, and the cruelty hidden inside good intentions.
🎥 “By Design” Trailer: Juliette Lewis Swaps Bodies With a Chair in Amanda Kramer’s Delightfully Unhinged Surreal Dark Comedy — In Theaters February 13th
Juliette Lewis goes gloriously off the rails as a lonely woman who literally swaps bodies with a chair... and finds life far more fulfilling as furniture in writer-director Amanda Kramer’s audacious, Lynchian satire about desire, validation, and the strange comfort of being quietly adored.
🎥 “Dracula” U.S. Trailer: Caleb Landry Jones Becomes a Cursed Prince of Eternal Love in Luc Besson’s Operatic Gothic Reimagining with Matilda De Angelis & Christoph Waltz — In U.S. Theaters February 6th
French filmmaker Luc Besson sinks his teeth into gothic romance by casting Caleb Landry Jones as the cursed Transylvanian prince whose centuries-long obsession leads him to 1880s France, squaring off against a God-fearing slayer played by Christoph Waltz in a lavish, blood-soaked reimagining of the immortal legend.
🎥 “Jimmy” Teaser: Riverdale’s KJ Apa Steps Into the Life of Jimmy Stewart in Upcoming Biopic — In Theaters November 6, 2026
Riverdale’s KJ Apa steps into the shoes of James Stewart to tell the untold wartime chapter behind Hollywood’s most beloved everyman, charting how combat, trauma, and one defining postwar role reshaped the man behind It’s a Wonderful Life.
🎥 “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” Teaser Trailer: Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol Risk It All With a Tower Stunt in the Cult Comedy’s Long-Awaited Big-Screen Leap — In Theaters February 13th
Filmmaker Matt Johnson and musician Jay McCarrol escalate their cult, semi-improvised comedy series into a feature-length cringe-induced opus, turning friendship, ambition, and spectacularly bad ideas into an even bigger, riskier stunt that proves some plans are destined to implode in glorious fashion.
🎥 “Greenland 2: Migration” New Trailer: Gerard Butler Leads His Family Across a Shattered Europe in Ric Roman Waugh’s Apocalyptic Survival Sequel With Morena Baccarin — In Theaters January 9th
Gerard Butler is back in survival mode in this action-heavy sequel as the Garrity family leaves their underground bunker in Greenland to cross a ravaged Europe in search of a rumored safe haven. Director Ric Roman Waugh expands the scale while keeping the apocalypse painfully personal.
🎥 “World Breaker” Trailer: Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich Fight to Protect Their Daughter in a Monster-Ravaged Post-Apocalyptic World — Hitting Theaters January 30th
Cult filmmaker Brad Anderson puts a grim, mythic spin on the end of the world, pairing Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich as parents fighting to protect their daughter (Billie Boullet) in a monster-ravaged wasteland where medieval legends, swords, and survival horror clash and clank.
🎥 “Anaconda” Final Trailer: Jack Black and Paul Rudd Are Two Amateur Filmmakers Chasing Down a Giant Jungle Snake in This Movie-Meta Buddy Comedy — Hitting Theaters Christmas Day
Jack Black and Paul Rudd share the screen for the first time in this movie-meta jungle comedy, playing lifelong friends who attempt a DIY remake of their favorite ’90s creature feature—only to discover that chasing nostalgia in the Amazon comes with real snakes, real danger, and very real midlife panic.
🎥 “Send Help” New Trailer: Rachel McAdams Turns the Tables on Dylan O’Brien in Director Sam Raimi’s Darkly Comic Survival Thriller — In Theaters January 30th
Rachel McAdams finally snaps as a long-suffering assistant who gains deadly leverage over her injured boss (Dylan O’Brien) after surviving a plane crash, as beloved genre maestro Sam Raimi turns his latest film into a darkly funny power reversal where respect is earned the hard way.
🎥 “Hamlet” International Trailer: Riz Ahmed Returns Home to a Family Empire Poisoned by Secrets in a Contemporary London Reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Tragedy — Arriving in UK Cinemas February 6th
Riz Ahmed brings Hamlet roaring into the present with this tense, modern London reimagining that reframes Shakespeare’s tragedy through a British South Asian family and the corrosive pull of revenge, where grief and power make dangerous bedfellows.
🎥 “Pike River” U.S. Trailer: Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm Lead a Relentless Fight for Truth After a National Tragedy In This New Zealand Mining Disaster Drama — In U.S. Theaters and on VOD January 30th
Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey channels quiet fury and unshakable resolve in this grief-powered New Zealand drama, inspired by the tragic 2010 Pike River Mine disaster, as two widows refuse to let official silence bury the truth behind their husbands’ deaths.
🎥 “The Wizard of the Kremlin” International Trailer: Paul Dano Becomes One of Vladimir Putin’s Architects of Power in Olivier Assayas’ Post-Soviet Political Thriller with Jude Law and Alicia Vikander — Coming in 2026
Tarantino’s favorite Paul Dano slips into the chilling machinery of post-Soviet power in Olivier Assayas’s unnerving political thriller, charting how a Russian filmmaker (Dano) becomes entangled with a rising political strongman—Jude Law’s Vladimir Putin—in a searing portrait of how autocracy is built as much on image and ego as on raw ambition.
🎥 “Melania” Trailer: Here We Go Again! Inside the First Lady’s Return in Amazon MGM Studios’ Inauguration-Set Documentary — In Theaters January 30th
A glossy, controversy-soaked documentary tracking the First Lady’s 20-day pre–White House return has landed as less historical record and more like an Amazon-funded puff piece, drawing backlash for its propaganda vibes, questionable timing, and the uncomfortable return of disgraced filmmaker Brett Ratner behind the camera.
🎥 “Untitled Home Invasion Romance” Trailer: Jason Biggs Fakes a Break-In to Save His Marriage in a Darkly Comic Crime Spiral with Meaghan Rath — On VOD January 27th
Jason Biggs directs and stars in this dark comedy of errors where a botched romantic stunt spirals into a deadly mess, turning marital resentment, fragile masculinity, and terrible judgment into a cringe-fueled murder mystery.
📺 NEW TELEVISION TRAILERS:
They underestimated the wrong women.
📺 Ponies — Trailer
(on Peacock Thurs, Jan 15th)
Peacock’s latest streaming series Ponies drops Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke and The White Lotus: Season 3 standout Haley Lu Richardson into 1970s Cold War Moscow as two outsiders turned accidental spies, forced to go undercover after discovering their husbands were CIA operatives killed under suspicious circumstances. Posing as harmless embassy secretaries, they quickly learn that being overlooked might be their greatest weapon as they search for answers about their husbands’ deaths.
Blending espionage tension with sharp humor and unapologetic female swagger, the upcoming spy series plays like The Americans by way of Laverne & Shirley, with a heavy streak of buddy-cop comedy baked in. These ladies aren’t trained agents. But they’re smart, resourceful, and done playing nice. Because in a world that sees them as invisible, being dismissed can be deadly... just not for them.
Ponies premieres Thursday, January 15th on Peacock.
Some people are too smart for their own good. He’s not one of them.
📺 Young Sherlock — Teaser Trailer
(on Prime Video Wed, Mar 4th)
Young Sherlock rewinds the clock on the world’s most famous detective, reintroducing him as a sharp-tongued, swaggering 19-year-old Oxford student whose brilliance is matched only by his appetite for trouble. Hero Fiennes Tiffin takes up the mantle of a still-wet-behind-the-ears Sherlock Holmes, whose bark may be bigger than his bite, yet still sharp enough to leave a mark as he stumbles headfirst into his first real mysteries and hard-earned lessons.
With his future rival James Moriarty (Dónal Finn) circling a recent break-in at Oxford, Young Sherlock races to beat him to the punch by solving not just a crime, but a murder. The first clue? A mysterious young Chinese princess (Zine Tseng) whose deadly martial arts skills may be formidable… but are they enough to survive the dangerous game unfolding around her?
Guy Ritchie, the filmmaker behind the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes films, returns to this world, bringing his brand of kinetic energy and moxie as the series explores the formative encounters that shape Sherlock into the man history remembers. This isn’t the polished genius yet. It’s the making of one.
Young Sherlock premieres Wednesday, March 4th on Prime Video.
The shift never gets easy... only more exhausting, soul-crushing, and thankless. But thank God they still show up.
📺 The Pitt: Season 2 — Trailer
(on HBO MAX Thurs, Jan 8th)
Sirens are blaring, tempers are fraying, and the pressure cooker is cranking back up again. That’s right! One of the most intense (and most realistic) medical series is back for another go-around.
The Pitt returns next month for Season 2, throwing Dr. Robby (Emmy winner Noah Wyle) and the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center staff into a Fourth of July shift from hell. With the ER already stretched thin, leadership changes, unresolved tensions, and personal demons collide as the team fights to hold it together while everything threatens to fall apart.
Grounded, relentless, and emotionally raw, the series doubles down on what made its debut hit so hard: humanity under extreme pressure, where every decision counts and every second hurts. No spectacle. No safety net. Just people doing their best when it matters most.
Season 2 of this Emmy-winning series debuts Thursday, January 8th on HBO Max. It’s time to clock back in for another long-ass shift.
📺 additional TV trailers:
📺 “Stranger Things 5” Volume 2 Trailer: Hawkins Faces the Music as the Upside Down Turns Christmas Inside Out... and ‘Round and ‘Round! — Streaming December 25th on Netflix
Christmas cheer takes a backseat to dread and tears as the Hawkins kids reunite for one last, all-hands-on-deck battle with Vecna, as Volume 2 barrels straight into a feature-length finale arriving New Year’s Eve.
📺 “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Behind-the-Scenes Featurette: Inside HBO’s Lighter, Chivalry-Driven ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel — Premiering Sun, January 18th on HBO/HBO Max
A behind-the-scenes look at HBO’s latest Game of Thrones spinoff explores how George R. R. Martin and his creative team crafted a lighter, more adventurous prequel, following the early travels of Ser Duncan the Tall and his young squire Egg in an era of Westeros long before power games took over.
📺 “The Artful Dodger: Season 2” Trailer: Thomas Brodie-Sangster’s Gentleman Thief-Turned-Doctor Faces Old Temptations and New Schemes in This Oliver Twist Sequel Series With David Thewlis, Maia Mitchell & Luke Bracey — Premieres Tues, February 10 on Hulu/Disney+
With bigger risks and sharper schemes on the table, Season 2 doubles down on sneakiness as Jack Dawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) juggles surgery, old sins, and fresh ambition in 1850s Australia... proving you can take the Dodger out of crime, but not crime out of the Dodger.
📺 “Coldwater” Trailer: Andrew Lincoln Faces Small-Town Paranoia and Hidden Violence in a Chilling British Miniseries With Ewen Bremner — Premiering Fri, January 9th on Paramount+ with Showtime
Andrew Lincoln sheds his The Walking Dead past to play a grieving father whose move to a seemingly peaceful Scottish village spirals into paranoia when a friendship with a troubling neighbor (Ewen Bremner of Trainspotting) exposes the unnerving truth that some dangers live right next door.
📺 “Under Salt Marsh” Trailer: Yellowstone’s Kelly Reilly Is an Ex-Detective Pulled Into a Stormy Welsh Crime Mystery in a New British Miniseries With Rafe Spall and Jonathan Pryce — Premiering Fri, January 30th on Sky TV in the UK
Kelly Reilly trades Yellowstone’s wide-open skies for a storm-battered Welsh town in this moody crime thriller, playing a former detective pulled back into a web of buried secrets when a student’s death resurrects a long-cold disappearance; with Rafe Spall and Jonathan Pryce adding pressure as the truth surfaces just as the storm hits.
📺 “Widow’s Bay” First Look Teaser: Matthew Rhys Stars as a Small-Town Mayor Battling Big-Time Curses in Apple’s New Genre-Bending Horror-Comedy — Premiering Wed, April 29th on Apple TV
From the twisted imaginations of Katie Dippold (writer of The Heat) and Hiro Murai (Emmy-winning producer-director of The Bear and Barry), a cursed, Wi-Fi-free New England island turns a people-pleasing mayor (Matthew Rhys) and a stacked ensemble including Stephen Root and Dale Dickey into unwilling participants in a vacation from hell where local legends prove fatally real.
📺 “CIA” First Look Teaser: Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss Star as Operatives Caught in the Crosshairs in Dick Wolf’s New Procedural Thriller Series — Premiering Mon, February 23rd on CBS
Executive producer Dick Wolf pits a by-the-book FBI agent (Nick Gehlfuss) against a rule-breaking CIA veteran (Tom Ellis) as their volatile partnership cuts through Manhattan’s shadowy world of international conspiracies where trust is scarce and patience nonexistent.
📺 “The Rookie: Season 8” Trailer: Nathan Fillion’s John Nolan Goes Global for a High-Octane, International Undercover Mission — Returning Tues, January 6th on ABC/Hulu
Nathan Fillion’s veteran patrolman takes his badge global this season, leaving the streets of L.A. for a high-stakes undercover mission that collides domestic gun-running with international terrorism, proving the heart and badge stay the same even as the danger spans continents.
📺 “Girl Taken” Trailer: Alfie Allen and Tallulah Evans Lead a Harrowing Story of Captivity and Consequences in the New Gritty British Mystery Series — Premiering Thurs, January 8th on Paramount+
Based on Hollie Overton’s novel Baby Doll, this haunting British mystery follows a survivor (Tallulah Evans) returning home after five years of captivity by a trusted teacher (Alfie Allen), only to uncover a town suffocating under buried trauma and collective betrayal.
📺 “Tell Me Lies: Season 3” Trailer: Grace Van Patten and Jackson White Spin a New Web of Toxic Obsession and Campus Scandals — Returning Tues, January 13th on Hulu/Disney+
The messy gravity of Baird College pulls Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White) back into a doomed romance where old lies, new scandals, and bad impulses collide, proving this collegiate melodrama still thrives on watching beautiful people make catastrophically terrible choices.
